Recent content by Mick Freestyle

Very true, realistically how simple is it?

Cheers James, it's a toss up between diy or independent specialist

Beautiful, not going to be cheap if it's the latter then lol

Not loosing coolant externally but you can hear it bubbling while running, then once cool and check levels, have to out approx litre back in

When I mean oil deposits Nathan , you can smell oil and have light brown slime in my tank.

Hi all, got a bit of a situation with my 1997 disco v8 Got oil deposits in my expansion tank , indicating head gasket failure. Car still has all it's power and would like to know what I would be looking at money wise to repair. Any information and advice would be appreciated...

LPG sorry bloody iPad

Best thing to do, find an log specialist near you and get it serviced

It's is ok doesn't miss at all for the first 5-7 miles then it starts to misfire, so there is electrical breakdown somewhere

Well I have purchased a set of genuine leads, coil and rotor arm, fitting them tomorrow so fingers crossed all will be ok. Failing that will have to start looking at other possibilities such as fuel filter and that sensor that sits behind the distributor which acts like a choke. will be cleaning...

Plugs were champion as recommended, rotor arm wasn't though do you think this could be the case.?

Ok will try it, also told that when I changed rotor arm I may of disturbed the weights and springs in distributor causing timing to be a bit out. All starts ok, idles lovely and doesn't stall so hopefully it could be what you mentioned James

Cap is new, leads are new, replaced 4000 miles ago, coil hasn't been changed though

1997 V8 3.9 Had a misfire when under load tick over fine but when you put your foot down bad missing. Changed spark plugs and rotor arm as arm was worn. Test drive for a few miles all ok Following day took it on motorway, it's a bit hesitant when accelerate from 3rd to 4th and then up to...

Cheers Rob will be checking out those sites and see what dates I can make